This week, the GLBT activist group Soulforce announced the destinations for their 2008 Equality Ride. The youth-organized bus tour to faith-based colleges embarks October 1, and among its 15 destinations in the Deep South is Lynchburg, VA's Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell, Sr.

On Wednesday, October 1 at Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., there will be a fundraiser for Martha Manning, co-owner of Seattle's only Lesbian bar, the Wildrose. She was seriously injured recently in a gas station fire on September 3 and has been in Harborvmore--------------------------------------------------

Clay Aiken is finally confirming what many people already knew: He's Gay. The cover of the latest People magazine shows Aiken holding his infant son, Parker Foster Aiken, with the headline: "Yes, I'm Gay." The cover also has the quote: "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things."

In high school, Joe Simenic always ran. His goal was tangible - the finish line of a cross-country or long-distance race - but looking back, he realizes he sought something else. "Running can be an outlet," he explains. "It's a way to relieve stress, to take the focus off other parts of more --------------------------------------------------

Born in San Gabriel, CA, on May 30,
1967, John leaves behind his loving
mother, Beatriz Goodpasture of Everett;
father Carll Goodpasture of Oslo, Norway;
brother Miguel Goodpasture more --------------------------------------------------

Amnesty demands protection for Bosnian Gay festival
Amnesty International demanded September 18 that authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina protect participants in the first Sarajevo Queer Festival, which was scheduled for September 24 to 28.

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George Takei, Star Trek's Sulu, marries partner
George Takei, who played Mr. Sulu on the original Star Trek TV series, married his longtime partner, Brad Altman, at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on September 14.

Until now, I have always thought there was a place for the Log Cabin Republicans within the GLBT movement. There was a need for a group that could advocate from inside the belly of the beast and do the dirty work that few intellectually honest people wanted to do. The logic behind this more
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